AMG IV Refurb?

[Deleted member 2227]

I have been thinking of giving into my OCD tendancies and have my lovely wheels refurbed. I have spoken to 3 or 4 firms but everyone keeps making caveats such as "it's hard to get the depth of shine they have the factory", "matching sterling silver is hard", "Don't paint them have them powder coated silverchrome for the same sort of depth". I'm getting confused and wondered what people's thoughts /experiences are. Cheers guys.

 

[NW_Merc]

I did one of mine myself after reading about the costs. I think KillerHertz has refurbed his alloys himself too. Painted silver and then lacquered.

 

[F1mad]

if they have a diamond cut face and you want too keep that look you will need to send them off too get recut unfortunately that is not cheap, to have them repainted you would be looking around the £50 a wheel

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I've waited as long as possible before getting mine done because every refurbed IV I've seen is a different colour to the orginal factory finish - more than 8 years in fact!!

My AMG IVs are with Rimfurbish at the moment. I finally had to go for it though as the paint had started to bubble near the valve on one of the rears - I'll let you know how close they get.

Rimfurbish did tell me what combination the undercoat and top coat colours are for the factory finish, but I forget now - I'll check with them when I collect.

 

[Deleted member 2227]

Cheers BD. Everyone one wants to paint them "Silver" but they have a great sheen in the factory colour. Hope your's come out the way you want. Are you painting them or having them powder coated?

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Cheers BD. Everyone one wants to paint them "Silver" but they have a great sheen in the factory colour. Hope your's come out the way you want. Are you painting them or having them powder coated?

Sounds familiar!!

I just gave them the brief: do whatever is required to get a very similar finish. I suspect they'll paint. I'll let you know though.

I should be able to give you my first thoughts this week.

 

[Deleted member 2227]

I've spoken to 5 firms about my AMG ivs and no one seems keen to tackle the job. Lepsons will do it but need weeks of notice and the car for 3 days and it's dear as well. I'll let you know how I get on!

 

[sjmaxwell]

I've used Lepsons a few times and they can be very good, just check when you pick up as occasionally "bits" get in the paintwork. They happily re-do them though

As I understand it there are two finishes on Merc wheels, Titanium Silver and Sterling Silver if that helps!

 

[Deleted member 2227]

Yes mine are Sterling Silver. I'm being told that the nearest I'll get is Silver Chrome in powder coating.....?....

 

[C240Sport97]

Lepsons did Sterling Silver for me, and very good it looks too.

 

[Alps]

for a fully powdercoated finish , i used wheelworx in colchester for one of my silver e55 alloys which i bought as a spare, it was an excellent match to the originals and a near perfect job, not cheap tho at £72incvat

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Picked up the orginal AMG IV wheels from Rimfurbish this evening.

Had a quick look at each of them. The quality of the work really is very good - a lovely finish that's difficult to find fault with.

I can tell it's not the original finish, that special sheen isn't there, but the match isn't bad, and the best refurb match I've personally seen in person, so I'm happy with that.


They come beautifully wrapped and boxed. Well up to courier dispatch if you can't get there in person.

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I actually delivered them to Rimfurbish in the original AMG boxes which my new AMG IIIs came in, but those must have gone in the recycling bin but to be fair they'd only have gathered dust in the garage.


The colour match is pretty good. Believe it or not it's actually NISSAN silver - not sure what the undercoat colour is though. I suspect grey as it has a grey hue (is that the right word??).

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I think the give away that it's not the original factory finish is: (i) the shine is too deep and glossy; and (ii) the finish has too much glitter.

The original finish is somehow a shallow sheen rather than deep gloss, and is flat/consistent rather than gliterry!! Forgive my limited descriptive vocabulary.

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[Bobby Dazzler]

Lastly a photo showing the logo in close-up.

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So as you can see it's not 100% but it's probably 99% which is much better than I was expecting, so overall pleased with the results.

Best bit is the price: £45.43 each plus VAT or £218.06 all inclusive for the set of four.

 

[A210AMG]

They look great,

I would save fitting them until after winter if you could?

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

They look great,

I would save fitting them until after winter if you could?

Thanks.

I'm running my new AMG IIIs with winter tyres at the moment, so whilst it's tempting to put these on the car, I'll be thinking about switching back to winter tyres again in 6-8 weeks time.

I might still get my summer tyres fitted though, so I have one pile of big round things to store, rather than two.

 

[Deleted member 2227]

That is fantastic info Bobby. They look great and the price was good. I think your description, far from being limited, was in fact spot on. I know exactly what you mean about the quality of the shine/glitter. The important thing is that they have done a good job and you are happy with them. Well done

Hopefully below is a photo of my wheels when they were still in near mint for comparison purposes.

 

[Deleted member 2227]

At last I have made a decision and I'm getting them powder coated tomorrow by a firm called Inspraytion. The work will take 2 days and I'll keep you posted.

 

[Deleted member 2227]

Before-worst wheel.

 

[just240]

At last I have made a decision and I'm getting them powder coated tomorrow by a firm called Inspraytion. The work will take 2 days and I'll keep you posted.

Hi R2D2,

Any update on your powder-coated referbed wheels yet i'd be really interrested in seeing some pics?

cheers

 

[Deleted member 2227]

Hi R2D2,

Any update on your powder-coated referbed wheels yet i'd be really interrested in seeing some pics?

cheers

Oops sorry I deleted some earlier. Hope these help